4696

Chapter 4696: 5.0448 The Future

"So you! Your previous falling out with grandmother, and her sending people to chase and kill you all the way here, was all a setup?" Long Xiangyun stared at Long Hui, her face full of disbelief.

It was a setup, but one born of helplessness. He was forced to accept this command from his grandmother, to lie in wait by the little poker face's side. Until this morning, when he suddenly received his grandmother's urgent order, instructing him to take the three thousand personal guards and attack immediately.

Although he wasn't clear why his grandmother's order was so urgent, he had no other choice but to target the Heaven Slaying Battle Group. The numbers were vastly disproportionate, but at first, due to their sudden assault, the entire Heaven Slaying Battle Group fell into chaos.

"I didn't want to," Long Hui looked back at Qiao Mu, murmuring. "If I had a second choice, I wouldn't choose to stand against her."

"So the Mermaid Pearl is indeed that important," Long Xiangyun couldn't help but clench her fists, taking a deep breath.

"Xiangyun, what's wrong? Weren't you also very keen on saving your Sister Xueyuan before?"

Long Xiangyun wasn't clear what strange emotion she felt in her heart. Only a faint sadness lingered, refusing to dissipate. Sister Xueyuan was very important, but what they were thinking now seemed to be to kill that poker face and take the Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl from her to save Sister Xueyuan.

To save one family member by killing another, is that truly right?

She should now be utterly disappointed in the entire Forgetfulness River Long clan, with no expectations left at all, Long Xiangyun thought.

"Now that I think about it, the entire Forgetfulness River Long clan hasn't treated her very well either," Long Xiangyun said softly, sighing. "She has reason to resent us."

Long Hui felt his heart tighten slightly. He abruptly turned his head and looked at Long Xiangyun. "Grandmother promised me she wouldn't harm her."

"Actually, if she just hands over the Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl, there would be no problem at all."

Long Hui's eyes seemed to once again see his grandmother's face, etched with wrinkles and crowned with frosty white hair. Recently, she had become severely emaciated, her cheeks somewhat sunken.

"Child." His grandmother had stared at him with a very strange gaze at that moment. "Child, even if I beg you."

"For the future of our Long clan, and to save your father's life, you must stand with your grandmother, alright?"

"Father's life?" Long Hui heard his own voice, as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

"Yes, your father's life." His grandmother looked at him with firm eyes, speaking kindly, "Child, each of us must make the right choices for our own future. Do not take the wrong path; once you do, there's no turning back."

"Young Master! Young Master?" A personal guard pushed Long Hui hard with a rough hand, pulling him out of his contemplation. Dazing off at a time like this was simply seeking death.

Long Hui took a deep breath, then quickly nodded at the group of personal guards. "Retreat further back."

Qiao Mu, along with Feng Chen, Saint Child Mi Yan, and their group, leading thirty thousand Heaven Slaying Battle Group members, enveloped the retreating Long clan members, encircling them.

Just at this moment, the seawater behind Long Hui's group suddenly surged. Numerous mermen abruptly burst out from the sea, each wielding a firearm, their eyes extremely sharp.

A sudden booming sound erupted. Excitement flashed in the eyes of these attacking mermen.